Volume 63
Assessing and Mitigating the Impacts of Predation by Invasive Lionfish (Pterois volitans) on Caribbean Coral Reef Fish Communities.
Authors
Green, S.J. and I.M. Côté Download PDF Open PDF in BrowserOther Information
Date: November, 2010
Pages: 320
Event: Proceedings of the Sixty-Third Annual Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute
City: San Juan
Country: Puerto Rico
Abstract
Species invasions are occurring worldwide at an unprecedented rate, with extreme ecological and economic impacts (Mooney and Cleland 2001, Sala et al. 2000, Vitousek et al. 1997). While the Global Invasive Species Database lists over 660 species of ecological and economic concern, less than 12% of invaders occur in marine ecosystems. Despite the rarity of these events, one such invasion is currently unfolding in the Western Atlantic and Caribbean Sea, and is progressing at a rate and magnitude never before documented in any marine system.